Why did blue paint cause issues for Concorde?
One simple color change pushes the Concorde to its limits.
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Supersonic flight is on its way back. I went on board the first Concorde, where it all began.
I went on board two Concordes, including the first prototype, at Paris's air and space museum. Concorde, retired in 2003 due to costs and a crash, flew at more than twice the speed of sound. Boom ...
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Supersonic jets are making a comeback. Here’s what that means for air passengers
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Is supersonic air travel about to return, two decades after the last Concorde flight?
Once passenger flights had been discontinued, the then-Soviet airline Aeroflot operated an updated variant, called the TU-144D, on freight-only services. The withdrawal from service of the TU-144 left ...
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The company planning a successor to Concorde makes its first supersonic test
A private company aiming to build the first supersonic airliner since the Concorde retired more than two decades ago achieved its first sound-barrier-busting flight over California's Mojave desert on ...
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A startup says it can fly supersonic without the noisy boom. Here's how its airliner would compare to the famous Concorde.
Denver-based Boom Supersonic wants to revive Mach-speed travel with its Overture plane. Overture would feature improved efficiency, safety, and a quieter engine than Concorde. Boom's innovations ...
Concorde's ex-crew share plane's legacy on anniversary
A former captain has shared his best memories from the cockpit to mark a special anniversary.
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Independently funded jet’s sound barrier mark revives talk of commercial supersonic travel
An aircraft developed by Boom Supersonic became the first independently funded jet to break the sound barrier this week. The XB-1 aircraft accelerated to Mach 1.05 at about 35,000 feet during a test ...
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NASA’s X-59 Quiet Supersonic Plane Just Made Its First Flight
The X-59 is designed to transform the sonic boom associated with supersonic flight into a “sonic thump”—making it feasible to fly over populated areas.